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DEADLY PAINKILLER DRUG FENTANYL HAS 'GROWING MARKET IN EUROPE'
Overdose deaths from all opioids, not just fentanyl, hit 2,304 in the UK, the highest number in Europe... READ MORE›
'RULE OF LAW' FOR PHILIPPINE DRUG WAR
Rights groups say Mr Duterte has sanctioned extrajudicial killings by vigilantes and by police... READ MORE›
MILLIONS OF PATIENTS FACE PAIN AND WITHDRAWAL AS OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS PLUMMET
In the battle to wean patients off opioids, dosage has emerged as a critical issue... READ MORE›
WHY HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES TO ALCOHOL AND DRUGS CHANGED? SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS
But secondary school children in England are now more likely to have tried illegal drugs than cigarettes, according to NHS Digital... READ MORE›
WHITE HOUSE REPORT SAYS TRUE COST OF OPIOID EPIDEMIC TOPS $500 BILLION
Last month at the White House, President Donald Trump declared opioid abuse a national public health emergency... READ MORE›
FDA WARNS OF INJURY, DEATH WITH HERBAL SUPPLEMENT KRATOM
But the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that kratom carries similar risks, including addiction and death, and the agency is working to block shipments... READ MORE›
'THIS IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DYING'
'This is why so many people are dying' Data show dramatic rise in street drugs testing positive for fentanyl... READ MORE›
IMPENDING CLOSURE OF LOWERTOWN POP-UP INJECTION SITE 'BITTERSWEET,' SAY VOLUNTEERS
Catherine Hacksel is a volunteer with Overdose Prevention Ottawa and calls the closure of the Raphael Brunet Park tent site 'bittersweet.'... READ MORE›
HOW AMERICA'S OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS EXPLODING IN DONALD TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO BACK YARD
This year an estimated 65,000 Americans will die after overdosing on opioids, whether it be prescription painkillers or illegal street drugs like heroin... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOIDS A U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Trump declares opioids a US public health emergency... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOID EPIDEMIC A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Trump declares opioids a U.S. public health emergency... READ MORE›
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD JUST 'SAY NO' TO OPIOIDS
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the Heritage Foundation's Legal Strategy Forum in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2017... READ MORE›
OFFICIALS SAY TRUMP'S OPIOID EMERGENCY WON'T MEAN NEW MONEY
Utah wants to use video to connect rural patients with a Provo-based doctor trained to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid addiction... READ MORE›
FDA HOPES TO LIFT STIGMA ON USING DRUGS AS TREATMENT FOR OPIOID ADDICTION IN FACE OF RESISTANCE
FDA hopes to lift stigma on using drugs as treatment for opioid addiction in face of resistance... READ MORE›
DRUG CZAR NOMINEE COULD BE IN LIMBO AFTER REPORT ON DRUG INDUSTRY TIES
Manchin calls on Trump to withdraw drug czar nomination, saying Marino is unfit for job and can't be trusted to confront opioid epidemic... READ MORE›
UK ACCOUNTS FOR LARGEST SHARE OF DARKNET FENTANYL SALES IN EUROPE
The UK is the largest host of fentanyl sales on the darknet in Europe, with 1,000 trades being made in the last few months, research shows... READ MORE›
DRUG FATALITIES HIGHEST WHERE TREATMENT CUTBACKS DEEPEST
Other drug death hotspots with the biggest cuts are Gateshead 51 percent, Sefton 51 percent, Portsmouth 38 percent, and Durham 38 percent ... READ MORE›
DUTERTE PULLS POLICE OFF CONTROVERSIAL DRUGS CRACKDOWN
Police say they have killed over 3,850 people in anti-drugs operations since Mr Duterte took office last year... READ MORE›
DUTERTE'S 'DRUG WAR' IS FUELING THE SPREAD OF DISEASE
Community groups in Cebu City have long provided clean -needles, sometimes with support from local authorities, sometimes against their wishes... READ MORE›
'THE GREATEST DRUG FIENDS IN THE WORLD'
America's first Opium Commissioner Hamilton Wright is at left... READ MORE›
IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE TO LEAVE ALCOHOL OUT OF THE DRUGS DEBATE
Interesting in the light of the government's drug strategy but puzzling in that neither piece mentioned alcohol... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Norman Baker
DONALD TRUMP CALLS FOR DRUG TEST AHEAD OF NEXT DEBATE
Trump calls for drug test ahead of next debate, says clinton was 'pumped up'... READ MORE›
TRUDEAU SAYS MARIJUANA LEGISLATION EXPECTED BY SUMMER
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says new marijuana legislation should be ready by summer, but his government is not considering the legalization of any other drugs... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINE POLICE 'DUMPING BODIES' OF DRUG WAR VICTIMS
Human rights organisations cast doubt over the police reporting, saying more than 7,000 people have been killed in connection to the drug war... READ MORE›
A RARE SURVIVOR OF A PHILIPPINE DRUG RAID TAKES THE POLICE TO COURT
As he lay on the floor bleeding, he said, he overheard the police officers talking about planting guns and drugs because they had found none there... READ MORE›
NINE DIE IN VANCOUVER IN 24 HOURS FROM FENTANYL OPIOID OVERDOSE
Nine people have died in Vancouver in the past 24 hours from an overdose of the painkiller fentanyl opioid, officials say... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO LAUNCH NEW EFFORT ON HEROIN CRISIS
Yet after Congress approved landmark legislation in July for expanded drug addiction treatment and prevention, it did not include the 181 million to actually fund the measure... READ MORE›
TED CRUZ WANTS EL CHAPO TO PAY FOR TRUMP'S BORDER WALL
Ted Cruz wants to build the border wall using a different kind of brick... READ MORE›
ELEVEN COUNTRIES STUDIED, ONE INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION THE DRUG LAWS DONT WORK
The key finding of the report, written by Home Office civil servants, lies in a comparison of Portugal and the Czech Republic, both countries where personal use is decriminalised... READ MORE›
FENTANYL DEATHS ARE A CANADA-WIDE 'DISASTER'
Fentanyl is a highly potent drug that many recreational drug users take unknowingly, putting them at high risk of an overdose... READ MORE›
MAKERS OF OXYCONTIN, PERCOCET SUED BY U.S. GOVERNMENTS OVER OPIOID CRISIS
Whenever an autopsy is done in Sullivan County, in northeast Tennessee, the report is sent to the district attorney... READ MORE›
COMMENT: PILL TESTING COULD HAVE SAVED MY SON'S LIFE.
Adriana created a Change.org petition calling on the NSW and Victorian premiers to allow pill testing at music festivals... READ MORE›
OTTAWA HOSPITAL SEES SPIKE IN SUSPECTED FENTANYL OVERDOSES
Ottawa public health recorded 15 suspected cases recorded in 72 hours... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S PICK FOR DRUG CZAR HAULED IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM DRUG DISTRIBUTORS HE WROTE BILL TO PROTECT
Rep. Tom Marino, who wrote legislation to protect opioid distributors, is expected to be named as the Trump administration's drug czar... READ MORE›
'I'M SMARTER THAN THEY ARE': UNDERGROUND CHEMIST SAYS POLICE LOSING FENTANYL BATTLE
Drug producer known as Beeker says underground chemists are steps ahead of the police when it comes to the movement of illicit drugs on the streets... READ MORE›
DUTERTE LAUDS BLOODY DRUG RAIDS IN BULACAN STATE
Philippine president showers praise on police, who killed 32 suspects in the bloodiest drug raids near capital Manila... READ MORE›
'THERE IS LIFE AFTER DRUGS': A MESSAGE FOR TEENS ADDICTED TO FENTANYL
And Smith has some advice for the Kanata teens who have recently spoken out about their own fentanyl addictions... READ MORE›
FACES OF DRUG ADDICTION POLICE MUG SHOTS SHOW DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF METH AND OXYCODONE
The people in the photos are users of cocaine, heroin or oxycodone - a prescription opioid... READ MORE›
JEFF SESSIONS, DONALD TRUMP'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL, SAID THE KU KLUX KLAN 'WAS OK UNTIL I FOUND OUT THEY SMOKED POT'
But Jeff Sessions, the attorney general-in-waiting, is expected to dismantle those laws, impose harsher punishments and completely reverse the national momentum towards decriminalisation... READ MORE›
DUTERTE SAYS HIS SON WILL BE KILLED IF HE IS INVOLVED IN DRUGS
As president, Duterte has said he would be happy to slaughter 3 million drug addicts, and described children shot dead in the drug war as collateral damage ... READ MORE›
ECSTASY SOLD IN US IS LESS PURE AND MORE DANGEROUS THAN IN EUROPE, EXPERTS WARN
People in the US have good prescription drugs, are moderate drinkers, smart cannabis users, but poorly discerning MDMA users, Winstock said... READ MORE›
'DRUG DEALER' SHOWS OFF WADS OF CASH ON FACEBOOK LIVE MOMENTS BEFORE BEING RAIDED BY POLICE
An alleged drug dealer filmed himself showing off wads of cash during a live online video stream when his house was raided by police... READ MORE›
COUNTRIES QUESTIONING INDONESIAS PUSH TO EXECUTE DRUG OFFENDERS
Indonesia has long imposed severe penalties for drug smuggling, but its use of the death penalty has been sporadic... READ MORE›
ALMOST ONE IN THREE DRUGS OVERDOSES IN EUROPE RECORDED IN UK
Britain has Europe's highest proportion of heroin addicts and problematic use of novel psychoactive substances, say reports by the European drugs agency... READ MORE›
PCP TO PSYCHEDELIC FISH: UNCOVER THE STORIES BEHIND THE WORLD'S STRANGEST DRUGS
Morris says he wanted to use a boisterous disco song to accompany scenes of people smoking Mandrax in South Africa, but that Vice intervened... READ MORE›
BRAZIL SUPREME COURT JUDGE CALLS FOR DRUGS LEGALIZATION TO BEAT GANGS
A rising number of Brazil's conservative and evangelical politicians are vowing a tougher stance on drugs, however... READ MORE›
'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' HEROIN SKETCH SPARKS OUTRAGE
Do you think the SNL sketch on heroin crossed the line?... READ MORE›
6 500 BUNDLE OF MARIJUANA FALLS FROM THE SKY AND CRUSHES FAMILY DOGHOUSE
Officers responded saying that an aircraft probably dropped the load while smuggling drugs from Mexico to the US... READ MORE›
TRUMP CALLS OPIOIDS 'NO GOOD,' URGES PEOPLE NOT TO ABUSE THEM
Most opioid overdose deaths are linked to prescription pain pills, though use of heroin is growing rapidly, accounting for almost 13,000 deaths in 2015, according to NIDA... READ MORE›
AMNESTY SOUNDS ALARM AS INDONESIA SLAYS DRUG SUSPECTS
Amnesty International has condemned what it described as an alarming number of police killings of suspected drug dealers in Indonesia... READ MORE›
TRUMP URGED TO DECLARE NATIONAL EMERGENCY OVER OPIOID CRISIS
President Donald Trump's commission to tackle opioid drug abuse is urging him to declare a national emergency... READ MORE›